The Happy Trail

By Winston Zapet Bamac   You are sitting Diversions when you notice someone walking straight to you. Maybe you start feeling a little anxious or a little curious. Without introducing themselves, they say “You’re jaw-dropping, let’s have sex.” This forward, vulgar approach would be shocking in real life, but this is the norm for online spaces.  Encounters like the one described take place more often in online spaces versus face-to-face interactions, resulting in unfortunate violations of a person's digital consent.    Digital consent is the informed, voluntary and revocable participation of sharing...

By Skye Sheehy   If you have been on social media in the last few years, it's likely that you’ve heard of or seen people using neopronouns. Only 4% of the LQBTQ+ population use neopronouns (according to The Trevor Project) and there is a lack of mainstream understanding of what neopronouns are, how to use them and why people identify with them. Neopronouns are  third-person pronouns that are not part of the conventional pronouns of a language, like “he,” “she” and “they” in English. In English-speaking countries, neopronouns are most often...